Prisoners given powerful drugs off-label, allegedly to 'control behaviour'

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 08:08 in Health & Medicine

A powerful mood-altering medication with potentially life-threatening side effects was for years being prescribed in Canadian prisons for unapproved purposes, raising concerns the drug was being used to "subdue" inmates, a CBC News/Canadian Press investigation finds.

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